By: JWBM
Welcome to the world of online cam girls, where there's a melting pot of the weird, erotic, and downright playful. Looks, attitude, and going along with anything thrown your way by lonely men desperately tapping away on their keyboards will bring your ratings soaring to the top.
Things are going well for a south west gal who goes by the handle of Lola. Her friends and family might be uptight and clueless, though that doesn't stop her from transforming her apartment and evolving her day to day life around being successful at what she does. Right when she's lapping up a series of praises and tokens from her eclectic clients, someone takes over her account, pretending to be her to an unmistakable degree. In an online make-believe world of superficial friends and relationships, few may care that an imposer stole her identity, or that it's not actually her still one-upping herself.
Being a subject matter on the "darker" side of the web, this manages to keep it rated R with some light nudity and more of a fun and suspenseful environment, rather than being something as daring as, say, "9 Songs." Though there is an actual story to tell about something few might care to talk about after the fact. The film does a decent job setting up its premise, showing how this all works, then keeping your interest as the mystery unravels. The drama portion was somewhat light on its feet to tackle the double identity portion of it, or to show not all of it can be glamorous. The tension of it can be boiled down to a single, mostly predictable scene and then reset after that. The lead actress—Madeline Brewer—can be both bubbly and naughty to flesh out her Lola persona, while then transitioning to being tenacious to her work, to then getting herself back on track no matter the stakes.
The thriller portion, while it kept up a consistent pacing, and had some smooth transitions from one scene to the next, isn't going to be as mind-blowing or conversational as, say, an Adrian Lyne sexy thriller like "Indecent Proposal." It's also going to require you to put some pieces together yourself. For a film with some cheap thrills, it's subtle and not spelled out in a manifesto, which I feel still works with no issue to tie it together, but might not work for other viewers who want names, faces, and facts. However, the overall film still has some of its own personality, and ended up being a lightly tantalizing and diverting experience by showing something not normally explored.
Rating: 6/10
Director: Daniel Goldhaber
Actors: Madeline Brewer
Info: IMDB link
Trailer: Youtube trailer
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